BACKSTORY
Hi, everyone! Welp, I made it to Manhattan Beach, California. I'm feeling all the colors of the rainbow as I start my time with Reactive -- a clinic here in LA that specializes in physical and occupational therapy for complex neurological conditions. It was an action-packed week on so many levels! My first PT session with Reactive was last Monday and I left that first day feeling total affirmation that I was in the right place with the right people. I want to get into all of it, but I'm gonna use this first post to give a little backstory for those who haven't been with me from the beginning. It all started four score and 17 years ago. I was a very healthy 19-year-old and was in the height of my running days. At the time, I was running about 25 miles/week and absolutely loving it. The summer before my junior year at Temple University, I went backpacking with my mom for her birthday in the Shenandoah Valley, and soon after I got sick. I didn’t put the timeline t...